Click on the link below to see the Agenda for the GWCA Meeting tomorrow night.
Don’t miss the next Graceland West Community Association (GWCA) meeting:
6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 5
Rizal Hall, 1332 Irving Park Road (across from Burger King)
Join Alderman Pawar, Bill Higgins, representatives of Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) and Graceland West Community Association to hear about CDOT’s recommendation to create a “greenway” Berteau Avenue from Clark Street to Lincoln Avenue.
We will start promptly at 6:30 p.m. with some GWCA business and then turn the floor over to the Alderman’s office.
Come, listen to the facts about what is going on, and let him know your opinion.
For questions or concerns contact Tim McGonegle at 773-327-2940.
Check out the Alderman’s website for more information. www.chicago47.org
Dear Neighbors:
I am very excited to let you know that we have a new community garden coming to our neighborhood.
Please see the attached press release for details and be sure to sign up at www.petersongarden.org beginning April 2 to reserve your plot.
Harrington Brown, LLC is the owner of Montrose Green at 1819 W. Montrose Avenue where we plan to develop a mixed use commercial and residential property in the near future.
However, until construction is ready to commence we have agreed to work with Northcenter Neighborhood Association and the Peterson Garden Project to create, on a temporary basis, the first organic community garden in our neighborhood. They are planning to install 125 raised bed garden plots and encourage individuals, families, organizations and local restaurants to participate by renting a plot.
Some of the produce grown at this garden will be served at your favorite neighborhood restaurants and much will be donated to the Common Pantry to help our neighbors struggling with food insecurity.
Thanks to Julie Hobert, Lisa Hish, Elizabeth Wenscott and Lamanda Joy for their vision and energy to make this happen.
I look forward to seeing you out there planting, growing and harvesting this year.
David
David R. Brown
President
Harrington Brown, LLC
Ravenswood Center
4256 N. Ravenswood Ave., #109
Chicago, IL 60613
Phone: 773-525-8222
Cell: 312-543-6782
Fax: 773-525-8382
dbrown@harrington-brown.com
CommunityGardenPressRelease <<<<<<<<<<<<<<< CLICK HERE!
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March 2012 Newsletter.
The Berteau Neighborhood Greenway meeting with Graceland West will be held at 6:30 PM on Thursday April 5th at the Rizal Center 1332 West Irving Park Road
Bill Higgins
47th Ward Program Analyst & Coordinator Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail
Our First Annual GWCA Easter Egg-Stravaganza at Warner Park
What could be better than meeting the Easter Bunny in your own neighborhood. Or how about one of the largest candy grabs in the city? Come out and experience our first annual Easter Egg hunt that will be sure to make your kids happy.
Please arrive early so you can find your age group and be ready to gather your eggs at the 3:30 p.m. start. There will be other activities so plan to stay the whole time and share a fun time with family and friends. We will have plenty of PEEPS, MIKE & IKE, HOT TAMALES and other Chocolate goodies for all.
Date: Sunday, April 1
Time: 3:30-4:30pm
1444 W Warner Ave
GWCA Easter Egg-Stravaganza at Warner Park <<<<< See the flyer!
Dear neighbors of Graceland West,
Thank you for your input so far regarding the Berteau Neighborhood Greenway proposal. CDOT is currently working on redesigning many elements of the initial proposal. We are organizing a meeting to be held with the residents of your area to present updated design alternatives, solicit more feedback, and answer any additional questions.
We are planning the meeting for Thursday April 5, 2012 location is to be announced.
Lastly, thank you for your patience as we try to improve our lines of communication with the local neighborhood organizations. If you use e-mail, please sign up for our weekly newsletter at www.chicago47.org.
Best regards,
Bill Higgins
Program Analyst & Coordinator
773-549-2745 | Bill@Chicago47.org
Office of 47th Ward Alderman Ameya Pawar
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GWCA Garden Walk 2012
GWCA Garden Walk 2012
“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” Marcus Tullius Cicero
“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” Marcus Tullius Cicero
This year our Garden Walk will take place on Sunday, August 5th, from 12-5. This will be our 30th!! If you have any ideas to make this a very special event or want to sign your garden up really early, please call or email me, Donna Forsberg, donnaforsberg@sbcglobal.net or 773-348-1469. Volunteers are needed. We always receive much praise about our Walk and how friendly our neighbors are to our guests. Please write this date on your calendar and plan to participate.
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Gil Munoz, R.I.P.
Dear Neighbors:
With great sadness we announce that Gil Munoz has passed away. About three weeks ago Gil suffered a hemorrhagic stroke, on Saturday morning at 2:25 AM he passed away. Gil was a long term resident of Graceland West and even though he moved about six years ago he still enjoyed visiting the neighbors and participating on our events. He will be greatly missed. Should you want to pay last respects to Gil, visitation is at Nelson Funeral Home, 5149 N. Asland on Tuesday, March 13, from 3PM to 9PM. A memorial service will be held at Nelson on Wednesday, March 14 at 11AM.
May he rest in peace.
Berteau Avenue between Clark and Lincoln is scheduled to become part of the Chicago bike route system, it will also be known as a Greenway. To follow is a recap of the March 6 meeting.
We were told that the plans for the proposed Greenway are not finalized. Bill Higgins, Program Analyst and Coordinator for Alderman Pawar, will be meeting with CDOT (Chicago Department of Transportation) this week for an update on the project and express neighbor’s concern. Alderman Pawar spoke about what mitigated this greenway/bike path stating that many neighbors complained about speeding traffic on Berteau and the danger it poses. Again emphasizing that final plans were not complete and that additional neighborhood meetings would be held before designs are finalized. To follow is a timeline for this project.
March 2012: Public input from neighborhood organizations and transportation committee
Late March 2012: Input analysis and redesign
April 2012: Public Meeting
April 2012 to May 2012: Additional Input analysis and design
Late May Early June 2012: Final Engineering
Late June to July 2012: Construction
We are coordinating a meeting for Graceland West and Alderman Pawar’s office to address GWCA concerns. We hope to announce a date and location soon. Stay tuned for more.
